Ellon and District (ward)
Location of the ward [1]
Ellon and District is one of the nineteen wards used to elect members of the Aberdeenshire Council. It elects four Councillors.
Councillors
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Rob Merson (SNP) |
Isobel Davidson (Liberal Democrats) |
Debra Margaret Storr (Liberal Democrats) |
Gillian Louise Owen (Conservative) | ||||
| 2012 | Richard Thomson (SNP) | |||||||
| 2017 | Anouk Kloppert (SNP) | |||||||
| 2022 | Louise McAllister (SNP) |
John Crawley (Conservative) | ||||||
Election results
2022 election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Isobel Davidson (incumbent) | 22.0 | 1,205 | |||||||
| SNP | Louise McAllister (incumbent) | 20.8 | 1,139 | |||||||
Conservative
|
John Crawley | 19.1 | 1,050 | 1,063 | 1,064 | 1,070 | 1,140 | |||
Conservative
|
Gillian Owen (incumbent) | 16.5 | 906 | 935 | 936 | 946 | 993 | 1,028 | 1,202 | |
| SNP | Josh Gall | 10.9 | 599 | 612 | 645 | 772 | 871 | 873 | ||
Labour
|
Mark Lappin | 6.3 | 348 | 370 | 371 | 444 | ||||
Scottish Green
|
Craig William Stewart | 4.4 | 241 | 255 | 258 | |||||
| Electorate: 11,837 Valid: 5,488 Spoilt: 76 Quota: 1,098 Turnout: 47.0% | ||||||||||
2017 election
2017 Aberdeenshire Council election[4]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Conservative | Gillian Louise Owen (incumbent) | 40.94 | 2,258 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Isobel Davidson (incumbent) | 19.71 | 1,087 | 1,703.86 | |||
| SNP | Richard Thomson (incumbent) | 17.9 | 987 | 1,034.02 | 1,093.74 | 1,264.34 | |
| SNP | Anouk Kloppert | 13.93 | 768 | 793.55 | 843.88 | 1,024.70 | |
| Labour | John Morgan | 7.52 | 415 | 548.39 | 835.99 | ||
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 5,515 Spoilt: 64 Quota: 1,104 Turnout: 5,579 (47.2%) | |||||||
2012 election
2012 Aberdeenshire Council election[5]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| SNP | Rob Merson (incumbent) | 39.04 | 1,644 | |||||
| Conservative | Gillian Louise Owen (incumbent) | 16.74 | 705 | 748.8 | 761.6 | 839.4 | 867.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Isobel Davidson (incumbent) | 16.36 | 689 | 760.6 | 800.9 | 918.6 | ||
| SNP | Richard Thomson | 11.26 | 474 | 1,055.3 | ||||
| Labour | Peter Thomas Smyth | 9.48 | 399 | 426.8 | 457.8 | 511.5 | 531.5 | |
Independent
|
Sandy Allan | 7.12 | 300 | 325.8 | 361.7 | |||
| Electorate: 11,173 Valid: 4,211 Spoilt: 51 Quota: 843 Turnout: 4,262 (37.69%) | ||||||||
2007 election
2007 Aberdeenshire Council election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| SNP | Rob Merson | 40.5 | 2,458 | |||||
| Liberal Democrats | Isobel Davidson | 23.2 | 1,407 | |||||
| Conservative | Gillian Louise Owen | 14.4 | 872 | 1,033 | 1,053 | 1,197 | 1,274 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Debra Margaret Storr†† | 8.6 | 524 | 777 | 899 | 1,049 | 1,326 | |
| Labour | Ann Thorpe | 7.5 | 456 | 587 | 599 | 648 | ||
Independent
|
Diane Ripley | 5.8 | 352 | 542 | 555 | |||
| Electorate: - Valid: 6,069 Spoilt: 69 Quota: 1,214 Turnout: 55.37% | ||||||||
By-election
Following the election of Richard Thomson (SNP) to Westminster at the 2019 United Kingdom general election on 12 December and his subsequent resignation as Councillor for Ellon & District ward a by-election was called on Thursday, 15 October 2020.[6]
2020 By-election
Ellon & District By-election 2020 - Aberdeenshire Council[7]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| SNP | Louise McAllister | 42.01% | 1,683 | 1,725 | 1,757 | 1,916 | 2,377 | |
Conservative
|
John Paul Crawley | 41.39% | 1,658 | 1,663 | 1,679 | 1,840 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Trevor Booth Mason | 10.11% | 405 | 443 | 485 | |||
Labour
|
John David Bennett | 2.85% | 114 | 126 | ||||
Scottish Green
|
Peter Alexander Kennedy | 2.80% | 112 | |||||
| Electorate: 11,893 Valid: 3,972 Spoilt: 34 Quota: 1,986 Turnout: 33.7% | ||||||||
References
- ^ "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". Lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
- ^ "Local Government Election 2022 results: Ward 9 - Ellon and District". Aberdeenshire Council. 6 May 2022. Archived from the original on 4 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
- ^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report" (PDF). Aberdeenshire Council. 6 May 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
- ^ "Local Government Elections 2017 - Results - Aberdeenshire Council". Archived from the original on 2 July 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
- ^ "Aberdeenshire Council - Local Election Results 2007". Archived from the original on 12 May 2007. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
- ^ "Gordon MP Richard Thomson to step down as councillor".
- ^ "Ellon and District Ward By-Election 2020".